11 Bizarre Transfer Stories Involving Newcastle United

7. Clarence Acuna Had To Escape An Agent To Sign For Newcastle

The Claim In another example of agents getting short shrift from Newcastle (as Andy Carroll's long-term representative found out when he went to Liverpool), Chilean Clarence Acuna cut his agent out of the deal that took him to Newcastle and was forced to escape him, literally after signing the deal, by fleeing down a hotel fire escape. The Truth Freddy Shepherd confirmed the truth: Acuna had to run away from his angry agent, after the representative tried to take a hefty cut of the deal that took him from Club Universidad de Chile to Tyneside. The Magpies chief had got a tip off he was available and went to South America to get his man, but the agent annoyed them and held up the deal with outrageous demands, so they simply went around him, to his immense annoyance. And when he went to confront Acuna, the midfield terrier had leapt out of a window and fled down the fire escape.